Okee Dokee
It is less than 48 hours until the starters gun goes off!!!
Here are a few Champion Mindset Mental training techniques- simple to use and easy to implement - to help you prepare for the big day.
I developed my own visualisation routine that helped me achieve 7 years ranked World No.1 Marathon Swimming Champion & still to this day .... the only woman to achieve a World Ranked No.1 for both men & women; when in 1991 I was crowned "World No.1 Ranked Marathon Swimming … [Read more...]

This blog is dedicated to all the 1/2 Ironman Busso competitors on 11th May 2013
The starter’s gun is about to go off, and before you know it you’ll be taking off in pursuit of a personal record. It’s only natural to be nervous, but if you’re a nervous wreck at the starting line you’re hardly in a position to compete at your best.
What goes on beneath those swim caps is crucial to perceived success and enjoyment of your next competition. The motto, "if you think you can, or think you can't, … [Read more...]

This morning as I snuggled up to my warm doona knowing the thermometer was struggling to reach 3 degrees Celcius... I shook my head thinking it was not that many years ago, I thrived on mornings like this, clocking up 10kms in the ocean or river... at least.
"Well Shell you got up yesterday and swam. So why did you struggle today?" I asked myself.
With the cold, winter weather hitting us, the number of swimmers showing up at swim practice each day is dwindling. So the cycle goes. It has … [Read more...]

It's now 2012 and your thoughts have turned to setting goals...
or what some call New Year's Resolutions!
and none are more important than in the area of your Health & Fitness!
Each January, people who resolve to get fit… get healthy and lose weight; flock to the gym, the pavement, the pool, the open water. Gym owners and managers say by the end of February, the place is almost empty.
People stop coming -- Most people bite off more than they can chew on New Year's Eve when starting … [Read more...]

I’m planning on making 2012 a sensational year. How 'bout you?
In less than four hours (dowunder), it will be a whole new year, where lots of people will be celebrating.
Inspired by the Champions of 2011! Diana Nyad, Penny Palfrey, SAS soliders in Afghanistan, Peter Hughes, Steven Munatones of OpenWaterSwimming.com Janine Shepherd, Tim Cleland, Brad Hogg, Ky Hurst, Melissa Gorman & Paul Downie…
I wrote today’s blog
But before you say farewell to 2011... I want you to complete this … [Read more...]

Hello Open Water Swimming Dreamers & Achievers –in-waiting!
Have a fear of Open Water?
Panic stricken the night before a Triathlon?
Shaking in your wetsuit at the starting line?
Frustrated that you can’t remain calm...no matter how hard you try?
Overcome with anxiety ... and you don’t know why?
Improving your OWS skill set in 2012 is one of your goals?
Well fear no more... Santa Shelley is here … [Read more...]

None of us want to be wrong, make mistakes and we like to win and succeed. Who am I kidding ~ this is me I am describing! However, sometimes you have to try the impossible, not achieve it and stretch your comfort zone to be a bit bigger.
During the month of September the world sat back in awe of the amazing, age-defying, 62-yr old, American Marathon Swimmer, Diana Nyad, as she went for her Xtreme Dream; attempting to swim 103 nautical miles (160+km) non-stop and unassisted from Havana, Cuba … [Read more...]

Well it is October 1st here dowunder and as the sun is rising earlier and earlier that means Summer is just around the corner and...
The triathlon and open water swim season is soon upon us.
Heading into my 3rd year as Head Coach I am really excited for the 50 swimmers who will be joining me for the 16-week Kirbyswim Rottnest Channel 20km Marathon Solo Squad 2012 starting November 3rd 2011.
One question I get asked most often is: "Shelley how do you not get bored swimming up and … [Read more...]

I am writing to you from Varne Ridge Holiday Caravan Park on the white cliffs of Dover sitting out my second major storm in two weeks and thought "Well Shelley there is no time like the actual "present moment" ... where goals do not always go according to plan; so we are enjoying the English Channel journey also known as the "Rollercoaster ride of Life".
...and the apt phrase "Nothing Great Is Easy" keeps me calm as I look forward and keep going strong.
Life is just like that.
You get … [Read more...]

You are one step closer to success!
The Solution to Failure is... to expect it.
I am writing to you from Dover Harbour in the UK, as I prepare to guide West Australian, Paul Downie on his English Channel solo crossing (for Breast Cancer Care WA).
This past week I have been privileged to witness amazing feats in the English Channel. Earlier today 70yrd old retired breast surgeon, Roger Allsopp of Guernsey, UK achieved his English Channel goal (again) and created a Guiness Book World … [Read more...]